Deuteronomy 30:15-18 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Moses here concludes with a very bright light, and a very strong fire, that, if possible, what he had been preaching of might find entrance into the understanding and affections of this unthinking people. What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? The manner of his treating with them is so rational, so prudent, so affectionate, and every way so apt to gain the point, that it abundantly shows him to be in earnest, and leaves them inexcusable in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15

See, I have set before thee this day ,.... Moses here returns to press the Israelites to the present observance of the laws, statutes, and judgments of one sort and another, he had been delivering to them; as being of great moment and importance to them, no other than life and good, and death and evil ; which are the effects and consequences of obedience and disobedience to them; a happy temporal life, and a continuance of it in the good land of Canaan, and an enjoyment of the blessings... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:16

In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God ,.... Which is the sum and substance of the first table of the law, and includes the whole worship of God, the contrary to which are idolatry, superstition, and will worship, from which Moses had been dissuading and deterring them: to walk in his ways ; which he has prescribed, as his will to walk in, and his law directs to: and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments ; his laws, moral, ceremonial, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:17

But if thine heart turn away ,.... From the true God, and the right worship of him, and from his commands, statutes, and judgments: so that thou wilt not hear ; the voice of the Lord and obey it, or hearken to his laws, and do them: but shalt be drawn away ; by an evil heart, and by the ill examples of others: and worship other gods and serve them ; the gods of the Gentiles, the idols of the people, besides the one living and true God, the God of Israel. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:18

I denounce unto, you this day that ye shall surely perish ,.... By one judgment or another; this he most solemnly averred, and it might be depended upon that it would certainly be their case; see Deuteronomy 4:26 , and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it ; but be cut short by death, of one kind or another, by sword, or famine, or pestilence, or be carried into captivity; one or other of which were frequently their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 30:15

Life and good - Present and future blessings. Death and evil - Present and future miseries: termed, Deuteronomy 30:19 , Life and death, blessing and cursing. And why were these set before them? 1. That they might comprehend their import. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 30:15

Verse 15 15.See, I have set before thee this day. A solemn injunction, similar to the foregoing ones, that the Israelites should consider how inestimable a blessing it was that God should have condescended to deposit His Law with them; and that if they did not receive it with reverence, the punishments for such foul ingratitude would be by no means light. For, in order to deprive them of the pretext of error, He separates them from the heathen nations, which through ignorance of the right way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Moses concludes by solemnly adjuring the people, as he had set before them, in his proclamation of the Law and in his preaching, good and evil, life and death, to choose the former and eschew the latter, to love and serve the Lord which is life, and to shun apostasy and disobedience which are death (cf. Deuteronomy 11:26 , Deuteronomy 11:27 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

A dread alternative. While handling substantially the same momentous themes, the aged lawgiver, as if the thought were oppressing him that he should very soon speak his last word, becomes more and more intensely earnest, and mingles a solemnity and pathos which may well be followed by those whose work it is to "warn every man, and teach every man in all wisdom," that they may "present every man perfect in Christ Jesus." Here is presented to us a series of considerations, which are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

A last word. I. AN ALTERNATIVE . Life and death; good and evil ( Deuteronomy 30:15 ); blessing and cursing ( Deuteronomy 30:19 ). An alternative for the nation, but also for the individual. "Life" is more than existence—it is holy and happy existence. "Death" is not equivalent to non-existence. As respects the natural life, it is the separation of the living, thinking principle from the body, and is compatible with the survival of the soul in a future state. As respects the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 30:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 30:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 30:15-20

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